A video showing members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Oklahoma University chanting racist slurs and making references to lynching got the chapter kicked off campus and is having an impact at other schools.

A Sigma Alpha Epsilon member at Kansas State University said he was attacked on campus while wearing his Greek letters.

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Freshman Eli Camp said he didn't want to hide in the wake of the Oklahoma University video and continued to wear clothes identifying him as a Sigma Alpha Epsilon member.

"As I was walking to class, another group of kids was walking by me and stuck their foot out and kicked me in the leg and called me a racist," Camp said.

Camp said he didn't even fight back.

"Any retaliation would have looked bad on our chapter and this is a very hard time for us, so the best thing is to not react and show what we stand for," he said.

In the wake of the attack, Kansas State University issued a statement reminding people to "not assume that the beliefs of students at another institution are shared by members of the chapter on our campus. Our local chapter has been very committed to diversity."

About a third of the Kansas State's Sigma Alpha Epsilon members are minorities.

"We have a lot of diversity in our chapter, all nationalities," said Camp. "We even have a Middle Eastern Muslim (student) who is actually one of my best friends in the house."

Fraternities and sororities everywhere are responding to the Oklahoma University video.

"Race-related issues are not things that can be ignored," said Corey Collins, a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Collins made a video of his own.

"There are plenty of amazing guys who are part of this fraternity," Collins said.Camp said he agrees with Collins' sentiment.

"The reason I'm not worried is I have all my brothers who are supportive of each other," Camp said.

He said that he and his brothers have decided to continue wearing their Greek letters on the Kansas State campus.